Mr Blobby and the Birth of the Burger (from 'Today In History with the Retrospectors')

Answer Me This!

Helen & Olly

Education, Society & Culture, Relationships, Comedy

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🗓️ 1 January 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Mr Blobby made his debut on anarchic BBC show Noel’s House Party on 24th October, 1992. Oscar Bilby, of Tulsa, Oklahoma grilled a beef patty, and - for the first time in documented history - PUT IT IN A BUN - on 4th July, 1891. It is of such consequential and amusing events that Olly's daily podcast, 'Today in History with The Retrospectors' is comprised, and, in this compilation especially for Answer Me This! listeners, he introduces two of his favourite episodes. FOLLOW THE SHOW now to get a ten-minute episode each weekday in 2023! Just search for 'Today in History with the Retrospectors' in your podcast app of choice, or visit theretrospectors.com APPLE PODCASTS: https://apple.co/3xCWWQX SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4BwUqSOfCS6sSrADe834BR GOOGLE PODCASTS: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYWNhc3QuY29tL3RoZS1yZXRyb3NwZWN0b3Jz AUDIBLE: https://www.audible.com/pd/Podcast/B08K571PXV POCKET CASTS: https://play.pocketcasts.com/web/podcasts/share?id=e6c14e00-8c37-0139-34f5-0acc26574db2 CASTBOX: https://castbox.fm/channel/Today-In-History-with-The-Retrospectors-id4096213?country=us PODBEAN: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/9evhk-1c6f5f/Today-In-History-with-The-Retrospectors-Podcast TUNEIN: https://tunein.com/podcasts/History-Podcasts/The-Retrospectors-p1438500/ The Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill. Theme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producers: Emma Corsham & Sophie King. Copyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2023.

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0:00.0	Hello, Answer Me This listeners, Oli here. Happy New Year.
0:03.6	No, this isn't a new episode of Answer Me This, just to kill that dreamstone dead.
0:08.2	But who knows? You know, one day, do keep following this feed, won't you?
0:11.8	What this is, is a reminder that I do a daily show these days,
0:17.0	which as an Answer Me This fan, you will probably enjoy.
0:20.0	It's called Today in History with the Retrospectors,
0:24.0	and not to show my workings, but when Answer Me This ended,
0:28.4	I was like, how can I continue to live this lifestyle
0:31.8	of recording for a couple of hours per week with two mates on a variety of bizarre trivia topics?
0:37.8	And from that idea, Today in History with the Retrospectors bloomed.
0:42.4	It is essentially me taking the same tone that I used to on Answer Me This
0:47.0	with a little less profanity and a little more research.
0:50.8	But just chopped in to daily 10 minute episodes instead of being constructed
0:54.8	as an hour long entertainment. There are now over 400 editions
0:59.6	of Today in History with the Retrospectors for you to check out on our feed,
1:03.0	which as you know is incredibly more than Helen and Martin and I ever did
1:08.4	Answer Me This in 14 years, so that's weird.
1:10.8	But please do check us out. You can click the links in the show notes
1:13.8	to follow us in your podcast up of choice, or you can search for Today in History
1:17.4	with the Retrospectors, wherever you get your podcasts.
1:20.0	We will be bringing you a new slice of factual entertainment on that show
1:23.8	every weekday in 2023. You will learn something you will laugh,
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